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Where Is The Lie The Dark 1979 Final

by: Julius Banzon

Publication date: 2026-03-01
Topics: Tobe Hooper, John 'Bud' Cardos, Igo Kantor, Edward L. Montoro, Film Ventures International, William Devane, Cathy Lee Crosby, Phillip Michael Thomas, Keenan Wynn, Biff Elliott, Richard Jaeckel, Jacquelyn Hyde, The Dark, movie, science fiction, horror
Collection: zines_inbox; zines
Language: English
Item Size: 17.8M

A revised version of an article on the 1979 monster genre mash debacle (or is it?) THE DARK, first published in the Physical Media Advocate zine in June of 2025, now revised and free to read by author initiative. Please support the Physical Media Advocate if you are a fan of movies, preservation, and physical media!

THE DARK was released in 1979 but shot in 1977, intended to be directed by TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE auteur Tobe Hooper before he was replaced and the film went through an extra year of post-production tinkering in an infamous case of producer interference (beyond the firing of Hooper!) and wacky industry schemes. But beneath all the dross, a champion (of the film) emerges...